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Report on Medicine Hat’s community well-being being finalized
By Collin Gallant on October 29th, 2024
@@CollinGallant A year-long exercise to define and measure “community well-being” in Medicine Hat is complete, and a plan of action to improve conditions is due early in the new year, a city committee heard Monday. However, there may not be any money in the next city budget to get things rolling until 2026, depending on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heifer sale raises funds for HALO air ambulance
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 29th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com More than $10,000 was raised for HALO following the purchase of a donated heifer during a Medicine Hat Feeding Company Auction on Monday morning. The 510-pound Black Angus heifer was finally purchased for $10,420.50 after multiple buyers donated it back for re-bidding, according to a social media post by HALO Air Ambulance. The heifer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP say rural response times are within reasonable range
By Medicine Hat News on October 29th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The Alberta RCMP are highlighting response times it is posting in rural areas, stating that “despite the large jurisdiction, frequently in remote, rural regions, the average response time of the Alberta RCMP is only 21 minutes 20 seconds.” A release from Alberta K Division on Monday says the force’s operational communications centre triages calls ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police crisis team negotiations lead to de-escalation and arrest
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 29th, 2024
news@medicinehatnews.com A PACT officer was able to decompress a situation following a successful negotiation with an assault suspect who brandished a knife and threatened a police officer, leading to the arrest of a 44-year-old Medicine Hat man last Wednesday. Approximately 11:45 a.m. police were called to a report of an injured person in the 800 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local motorcyclist killed in highway collision near Redcliff on Sunday night
By Medicine Hat News on October 29th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man was killed Sunday night after a highway collision between his motorcycle and an SUV near Redcliff. RCMP in the town and the Redcliff Fire Department say they responded to the crash, east of Boundary Road, at 5:13 p.m on Oct. 27. The 66-year-old operator of the motorcycle was taken to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sea-can removal cost discussed at committee; city seeks input for possible uses
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 29th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A large portion of the estimated $20,000 cost to remove eight sea-cans located in Towne Square includes the decommission of the market pods’ electrical service, as they are connected to the city’s grid. Coun. Robert Dumanowski inquired about the cost during a public services committee meeting Monday following feedback from members of the public, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brooks man charged after reports of weapons being thrown on the highway
By Medicine Hat News on October 29th, 2024
A Brooks man has been charged with breaking his bail conditions by “throwing weapons” at vehicles on the Trans-Canada Highway east of the city. Mounties in that city say they arrived at the sight of a complaint and found several martial arts weapons in the backpack of John Lewis, including nunchucks, throwing stars and a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southeast corner opportunities, challenges discussed at 2024 Economic Growth Forum
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 26th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Over the past two days, business owners from Medicine Hat and beyond have been learning what sorts of possibilities lay within Alberta’s southeast corner, at the 2024 Economic Growth Forum. Put on by Community Futures Entre-Corp, the forum was a day and a half of various panel discussions from local and travelling experts, touching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Upcoming Friends of Medicare AGM will focus on province’s insistence on changing health care delivery
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 26th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Palliser chapter of Friends of Medicare’s Annual General Meeting in early November, will focus largely on continuing changes to the province’s health-care system. The local chapter, as well as Friends of Medicare at large, is concerned with sweeping changes to how Albertans receive medical care, something executive director Chris Gallaway intends to speak ... Read More »
1 responseAmerican Horror Story, Japanese demon, inspiration behind Halloween-themed art display
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 26th, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The inspirations behind a group of masks, part of a college art exhibition celebrating Halloween, comes in part from old Japanese folklore as well as a more recent horror movie/series classic. Art and design students at Medicine Hat College were given free reign to explore their inner dark side to create spine-tingling artwork, from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dunmore Solar project re-approved, and with expanded capacity
By Medicine Hat News on October 26th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The construction time table for a major solar field near Medicine Hat has been extended two years by regulators, who also certified the project fits under newly imposed agricultural-use and remediation guidelines. “Dunmore Solar” was first approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission in 2021, and was to be built by March 2025 near the ... Read More »
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